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Asian Studies, Bachelor of Arts (45 Hours)

Requirements for an Asian Studies major:

Required Courses (21 Hours)

CHIN 130Perspectives on Chinese Culture

3
CHIN 101Elementary Conversational Chinese Level I

3
CHIN 102Elementary Conversational Chinese Level II

3
CHIN 201Intermediate Chinese I

3
CHIN 202Intermediate Chinese II

3
CHIN 301Advanced Chinese I

3
CHIN 302Advanced Chinese II

3

Humanities (3 Hours)

ASN 361Asian Literature I: Pre-Modern China & Japan

3
Or
ASN 362Asian Literature II: Modern China & Japan

3

History: Two of the following (6 Hours)

HIST 260Chinese Civilization

3
HIST 270/RELI 270History of Buddhism

3
HIST 359East Asian History to 1850

3
HIST 360East Asian History From 1800

3

Political Science and Economics (9 Hours)

Three of the following:

ECON 372Comparative Economic Systems

3
ECON 414International Economics

3
POLS 120Introduction to Comparative Politics

3
POLS 130Introduction to World Politics

3
POLS 207American Foreign Policy

3
POLS 230International Security

3
POLS 312Political Systems of Developing Nations

3
POLS 325Middle East Politics

3
POLS 340International Political Economy

3

Approved Study Abroad (One semester)

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

ASN 370East Asian Culture through Film

3
ASN 491Capstone: Directed Research on Asia

3
A minimum of 18 credits at the 300-level or higher

Total Credit Hours: 45